Traffic accident data for A92 trunk road: EIR release

FOI reference: FOI/18/00149
Date received: 16 January 2018
Date responded: 13 February 2018

Information requested

"I have recently requested data from you but I would like to expand the time frame that I am researching and therefore require additional data.

I would be very grateful if you could provide me with the following information for the A92 trunk road:

• Road traffic accident data
• Including locations, severity, no. of vehicles etc.
• The road safety improvements that have been completed on the route stated below

Route:

• Start: Preston Roundabout, Glenrothes (A911/A92)
• End: Tay Bridge Roundabout (B946/A92)

Dates:

• From: 1st January 2005
• To: 31st December 2012"

Response

As the information you have requested is 'environmental information' for the purposes of the Environmental Information (Scotland) Regulations 2004 (EIRs), we are required to deal with your request under those Regulations. We are applying the exemption at section 39(2) of the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002 (FOISA), so that we do not also have to deal with your request under FOISA.

This exemption is subject to the 'public interest test'. Therefore, taking account of all the circumstances of this case, we have considered if the public interest in disclosing the information outweighs the public interest in applying the exemption. We have found that, on balance, the public interest lies in favour of upholding the exemption, because there is no public interest in dealing with the same request under two different regimes. This is essentially a technical point and has no material effect on the outcome of your request.

Personal Injury Accident Statistics - A92 approximately 50m north of A92/A911 Preston Roundabout Junction to approximately 50m south of A92/B946 Tay Bridge Roundabout Junction

Year	Fatal	Serious	Slight		TOTAL
2005	2	5	20		27
2006	1	6	22		29
2007	0	5	15		20
2008	0	4	17		21
2009	0	4	14		18
2010	3	4	23		30
2011	0	5	14		19
2012	0	5	12		17
TOTAL	6	38	137		181

Source: Transport Scotland Accident Manager Database Date Extracted: 19 January 2018

Please refer to Annex A which details the location, severity and the number of vehicles involved for each accident.

Please note that the information provided is based on the current figures available. The following are potential reasons for an accident not appearing on our system:

• Transport Scotland only holds accident information which is provided to us by Police Scotland.

• Transport Scotland does not hold information relating to damage only accidents (i.e. not involving an injury).

• Transport Scotland only holds accident information for the trunk road network.

• The accident information Transport Scotland holds is subject to change. E.g. we receive late returns from Police Scotland, who are responsible for recording details of injury accidents.

• Annual Scottish accident figures are published by Transport Scotland on a yearly basis and can be found by entering Reported Road Casualties Scotland into your search engine.

In relation to road safety improvements please see a list below of the work undertaken from 2005 until 2012.

2012
A92 Letham – Alterations to junction road markings to improve visibility.

2011
A92 Tay Bridge to Forgan – Closure of two dual carriageway central reserve gaps. A92 South of Eden Bridge - Drainage and surfacing improvements.

2010
A92 Cadham Signing Improvements – Installation of vehicle activated sign on the approach to Cadham Junction and improvements to road markings. A92 Kirkforthar, New Inn Roundabout – Installation of new vehicle restraint system. A92 Ladybank – Installation of guardrail at footway.

2009 A92 North of Five Roads Roundabout – Upgrading of existing vehicle restrain system with new terminals.

2008
A92 Cadham Rd Junction Improvements – Introduction of right-turn ban at and lowering of wall to improve visibility at junction. A92 Balfarg Signing Upgrade Phase 2 – Installation of passively safe street lighting columns.

2007
A92 Route Signage Upgrade – Replacing sign supports with passively safe upgrades and upgrading of exiting signage to current standards.

A92 Balfarg Signing Upgrade Phase 1 – Upgrading of existing signing to current standards.

A92 Vehicle Activated Driver Feedback Signs – Installation of vehicle activated speed feedback and junction warning signs at various locations on the route.

2005
A92 Easter Kinsleith to Rathillet – Carriageway reconstruction works including junction and drainage improvements.

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FOI1800149 - Annex A - tabulated data.pdf

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